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saloon

sa·loon

UK/səˈlun/ US/sʌˈlun/ fairly common uk us

noun

1.

a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

  • “he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar”
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2.

tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals

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Origin

From Occitan salon, French salon, either augmentative of salle (“room”), or borrowed from Italian salone (“hall”), augmentative form of sala, salla (“room”); in both cases borrowed from a Germanic source such as Old High German sal (“house, hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salą, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“dwelling”). Doublet of salon.

Phrases

  • last chance saloon
  • oyster saloon
  • saloon keeper
  • special saloon

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